Show TRAIN DRAGS BOny BODI BOnyo o 0 SEVERAL BLOCKS Parts of D E Mathews Dis Dismembered Dismembered Dismembered Frame Strewn Along the Tracks VICTIM A RAILWAY CLERK PROBABLY TRIED TO STEAL ARIDE A ARIDE ARIDE RIDE ON RIO GRANDE TRAIN Fr F r six bloc along the Rio Grando Granda tracks last night were vre w re found parts of S the lie body of Donald E Matthews a atall railway tall way clerk from Colorado Springs 10 was trying to board No 4 of f the Rio TUo Grande Grando at 7 l f last evening The exact manner In which Matthews met his death will probably never be known as ns so far as is known there were no witnesses to the tragedy The trunk of ot the unfortunate man was found on tho Rio Grande tracks near nar Tenth South by Hugo Huge Slink of 1217 South Eighth West Vest Just after he had bad made the gruesome discovery dIscoVers a 11 street car of the West Vest Side Rapid Transit company came along Tenth South He stopped the cat car and pas passengers passengers telephoned to the Rio Grande Railroad company and to the police poUce station concerning the accident As the body was found outside of the tho ItS Ily limits Frank Emery accompanied Sergeant Hempel and Of Ripley and Brown to the scene In the meantime the tho passengers on the street car had gone up the track trac ing wg g the blood of the dead man Near N ar Sixth South a hand and other parts of the body and most of ot the mans clothing lOthing were found The scattered pieces of the body were taken with the trunk to the undertaking rooms of E G ODonnell Identified by Letters In tn his clothes cl thes that were found near Sixth South street there were several letters and papers identifying the man These papers showed that he was a member of the Brotherhood of lt f Rail Ball Railroad Railroad road Clerks lodge No of Colorado Springs and that he had been light tar car ar clerk for the Santa Fe at Colorado Springs In addition he had a receipt for clothing expressed on yesterday to 0 himself at Colorado Springs He also had a letter of Introduction to Thomas ThomasE E Holmes of Grand Junction written by E C Shirer of the Western Sugar SugarLand SugarLand SugarLand Land company of Colorado Spring Len s In the Rio Grande yards ards saw Matthews Matthew near Sixth South and the Rio Grande yards shortly before 7 and asked him him what he Intended doing Matthews told t ld him that he was going to catch No 4 Jo fo ride to Grand Junction The he told him that he could not catch the train and to leave lea the yards ards Matthews s started walking south along the tracks A few minutes later No 4 came through and It Is pre presumed presumed presumed that It was while attempting to board it that the unfortunate man was killed the speeding train dragging his body with it until it passed Tenth South street Coroner Dana T Smith last night lIght viewed the body bod and decides that thit an ar 31 inquest was unnecessary R H E Fish er ci t an officer of the Railroad Clerks union of Colorado Springs was Wits notified by wire last night of the death of Matthews |